JCS 15, 114 UIOM 892

~2050 BCE·Ur III · Neo-Sumerian·P111936

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P111936.

Transliteration

1(disz) ma-na zabar
bi2-gu7-bi 4(disz) gin2
nagga-bi 8(disz) gin2
uruda luh-ha-bi 5/6(disz) ma-na 6(disz) gin2
bi2-gu7 uruda luh-ha-bi 7(disz) 1/3(disz) gin2 2(u) 4(disz) sze
su3-[he2-bi] 1/2(disz) gin2 6(disz) sze

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Ur III (ca. 2100-2000 BC)) — JCS 15, 114 UIOM 892. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA (P111936) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P111936..

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